Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Dear Auntie, artist - Dan Bull. Date of issue: 06.01.2012
Song language: English
Dear Auntie |
| Don’t take away our radio |
| We need a place, a place to go |
| Where we can play our favourite shows |
| Don’t take away our radio |
| When I first heard the word about BBC 6 |
| I thought, «this is absurd, is the BBC sick?» |
| It rocked the airwaves enough to keep me seasick |
| But it’s the first to get sunk — can we believe it? |
| And I thought pirates were meant to be the problem |
| But obviously not 'cause your lot’s already got some |
| Doctor, doctor, what’s your option? |
| What are you going to drop from the roster to cost cut? |
| The Asian Network plays the best work |
| Of a strain of the nation that strains to get heard |
| And now you’re severing the nerves of a massive demographic |
| It’s not a very clever tactic, is it? |
| The last bastions of unsigned action |
| Independents depend on it for traction |
| Ask Lamacq or Bobby Friction for his reaction |
| My prediction isn’t one of satisfaction |
| Do the maths, it’s a simple subtraction |
| Take away the stations and you chase away the talent |
| Listening figures isn’t your biggest purpose |
| It’s first and foremost to provide public service |
| I’m not saying other stations are worthless |
| But adverts are adverse and make me nervous |
| We deserve to have a say in what we’d like to see |
| I mean after all, we pay the licence fee |
| Don’t take away our favourite shows |
| Don’t take away our radio |
| Don’t take away our favourite shows |
| Don’t take away our radio |
| You need to appeal to the people that feel John Peel |
| And want to keep it real |
| So please, pretty Beeb, we appeal for a new deal |
| We’d be pleased if the spiel was repealed |
| D.B. |
| sees what’s needed to escape from the danger zone |
| More DAB radios in the nation’s homes |
| The audience is there, they just need connecting |
| In the same way your arrangement needs correcting |
| Next thing on the list that’s vexing |
| Bloody everybody is you spending money like it’s never ending |
| Even a yellow bellied Teletubby could tell us |
| It’s crazy, Laa-Laa; |
| Lady Gaga |
| Pay me half of what you pay to Clarkson |
| I’ll be laughing like I can’t keep a straight face, straight up |
| If there’s a budgetary deficit to make up |
| Then wake up and give Big Jeremy a pay cut |
| Don’t take away our favourite shows |
| Don’t take away our radio |
| Don’t take away our favourite shows |
| Don’t take away our radio |
| There’s enough talent out here for like forty channels |
| But we only get to hear the top forty sellers |
| You’re running it like Basil does to Fawlty Towers |
| Literally — ask Andrew Sachs, he could talk for hours |
| About how he was pushed about as Manuel |
| Then Johnny Ross and Russell Brand did it as well |
| Man, Johnny Rotten wouldn’t slag the living hell |
| Out of an old man’s grandkid on his cell |
| Well, if Russell Brand and the six million dollar man are the cream of the crop |
| then you can hang the DJ |
| Radio 1 — sweet for teenagers |
| Radio 2 — great if you’re really ancient |
| Radio 3 — for those of a refined taste |
| Radio 4 — all talking and giant brains |
| Radio 5 — only sport fans are tuned in |
| Radio 6 — it’s the music we’re losing |
| Don’t take away our radio |
| We will complain until you know |
| It’s a mistake — I’m afraid so |
| Don’t take away our radio |